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Article: Center for Justice & Democracy Releases STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL: THE PEOPLES CHAMPION

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March 25, 2008
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To: STATE EDITORS

Contact: Joanne Doroshow of Center for Justice & Democracy, +1- 212-267-2801

New Study Tackles Controversial AG Cases, Discusses Their Importance and Exposes Unfair Attacks By Corporate Special Interests

NEW YORK, March 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a new White Paper released today entitled STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL: THE PEOPLES CHAMPION, the national consumer group, Center for Justice & Democracy, finds that state Attorneys General (AGs) are among our countrys most important public advocates, targeting corrupt and harmful business practices on behalf of state consumers. Yet over the last decade, conservative business groups have launched unfair, misleading assaults ...

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